Sentences with phrase «certain school decisions»

Not exact matches

That is certain to shape the school's decisions about which subject matters to stress relatively more than others in its course of study, which courses to include in what sequence.

It is already clear that I have made a decision to describe certain features of the heritage and situation that shape a theological school as «pluralistic.»

Sure, you need to take into account whether attending a certain school will sink you into debt, but don't let the cost make the decision for you.

After Crist verbally committed to the University of Notre Dame as a junior last April, he was certain it was the right decision and started telling other schools as much.

Legislation signed in December by Gov. Andrew Cuomo that made school tax exemptions for available to certain veterans took effect with little advance notice, making it difficult for school boards tasked with deciding whether their districts would participate in the program to make well - researched and educated decisions.

A Supreme Court decision a decade ago eliminated the use of certain types of district policies that had been voluntarily adopted by some school districts to address rising segregation.

A young Lieutenant Martinez (Ramon Rodriguez) is Nantz» new commanding officer, fresh out of school (certain to waver in his decisions in combat, letting us see what a natural leader Nantz is) and with a pregnant wife at home.

The study, «Resegregation and Equity in Oklahoma City,» authored by Jennifer Jellison of the Harvard Project on School Desegregation, examined the assumptions underlying the Supreme Court's 1991 Oklahoma City - based Dowell decision, a landmark decision that for the first time sanctioned a return to segregated schooling by stating that districts may be released from a desegregation order if they had met certain conditions.

In a 5 - 2 decision, the court said the 2007 state law that required school districts to dig deep into the criminal histories of employees and fire those convicted of certain offenses was constitutional.

Lack of clarity can create problems later on, as schools can be surprised that they no longer have the power to make certain decisions which are now made by the board.

The city school board had sought to appeal the decision by Maryland officials that ordered one elementary and two middle schools to undergo «reconstitution,» or wholesale changes in certain areas of operation.

Because all tenure deliberations are confidential, I can not speak publicly about the specific circumstances of any decision; however, I do wish to address an issue that some have raised concerning the school's broader interest in certain methods of inquiry or areas of study.

But it is not hard to see that such a right, were it extended to private schools, could provide a constitutional excuse for the decision to exclude certain teachers or perhaps even certain students.

De Blasio: City must respect families» investments amid school diversity debates Chalkbeat: «You have to also respect families who have made a decision to live in a certain area oftentimes because of a specific school,» de Blasio said when a reporter asked what is stopping the city from creating new zones to promote school integration.

Under U.S. legislation and court decisions, parents have the primary responsibility for their children's education, and pupils have certain rights which the schools may not deny.

That right vouchsafes to families the options of private schooling and home schooling but not of no schooling, for it is balanced by «high duty» and by the «power of the state,» as recognized in the same Court decision, to «reasonably to regulate all schools, to inspect, supervise and examine them, their teachers and pupils; to require that all children of proper age attend some school, that teachers shall be of good moral character and patriotic disposition, that certain studies plainly essential to good citizenship must be taught, and that nothing be taught which is manifestly inimical to the public welfare» (emphasis added).

The political argument for involving parents and other community members more substantially carries along with it an explicit challenge to the traditional, hierarchical leadership and power structures in schools.156 According to Leithwood and Prestine (2002), the policies and reforms that call for decentralized decision making rest on certain important assumptions about the role of the principal and other school leaders.

For instance, Gwinnett County has a contract (IE2) with the state of Georgia that enables us to make instructional decisions based on how we believe certain policies and procedures could be adjusted to meet the needs of our school.

The education of undocumented students is guaranteed by the Plyler vs. Doe decision, and certain procedures must be followed when registering immigrant children in school to avoid violation of their civil rights.

Under the terms of the notice, the school will have certain spending decisions monitored directly by officials, and has to submit an action plan for its improvement by December 11.

In exchange for certain freedoms, such as the ability to develop their own curriculum, make their own hiring decisions, and establish their own standards for student behavior, charter schools must continuously demonstrate that they have earned the right to continue the great privilege of educating the children of South Carolina.

The idea behind their creation was to empower schools to make their own hiring and curriculum decisions in exchange for guarantees in their contracts — or charters — to deliver high scholastic achievement in a certain amount of time or risk closure.

As I wrote in City Journal, Senate Bill 1530 would have given firing decisions in certain cases of abuse to the school district, all the while maintaining a teacher's due process rights.

Although I am certain that my decision to retire was the right one, leaving a school that I love so much has been very painful.

Many educators are not aware that the education of undocumented students is guaranteed by the Plyler vs. Doe decision or that certain procedures must be followed when registering immigrant children in school to avoid violating restrictions on obtaining personal information without obtaining prior parental consent.

However, the law requires districts to include certain practices, such as relying on multiple objective measures in placement decisions, using student performance data to ensure equity and efficacy, and ensuring the consistency of placement policies between elementary and high school districts.

«His departure comes as questions linger over a decision by former Ohio charter schools chief David Hansen to omit certain failing grades from charter school sponsor evaluations.

More controversial were his decisions to exempt teachers at certain low performing schools from seniority - based layoffs and to adopt a federal No Child Left Behind waiver that requires the adoption of a new teacher evaluation system.

Jindal's decision to cut ties with certain testing vendors who create Common Core materials has left some Louisiana schools lacking critical resources as the beginning of the academic year approaches.

These decisions to centralize the curriculum and elevate certain values has exacerbated an already contentious debate about the «saffronization of India,» which denotes concerns about nationalist ideologies interfering with the breadth of what children should learn in schools.

... Many financial planners, educators, banks and credit unions are working hard these days to make certain that busy high school and college students and young adults possess the financial knowledge to make good decisions about such matters as how far to go into debt, whether to sign up for a credit card, how to establish a good credit rating or how much college loan debt they should incur.

As you know, in one of the most anticipated church - state decisions in decades, the United States Supreme Court last year made clear that the First Amendment doesn't prohibit the inclusion of religious schools in certain state - financed school voucher programs.

My bachelors degree and veterinarian career path were good, solid, directions - still, today, looking at where my friends, who I went to school with almost a decade ago, are financially... I can tell you for certain that my choice to go into real estate investing was the best, most intelligent decision I could have made.

In the decision, written by Chief Justice John Roberts, the Court confirmed the «ministerial exception» to certain anti-discrimination laws, concluding that the courts could not force the school to reinstate the teacher, Cheryl Perich.

Choosing a law school was one of the most significant decisions I ever made; if I had had to make the decision partly on the basis of another person, I would have wanted to be darn well certain that person would stick around.

Here is the same elementary school teacher resume with notes added to show why certain formatting decisions were made.

If you are a minor or a person with a guardian obtaining healthcare that is not related to reproductive health (such as a school or sports physical), your parent or legal guardian may have the right to access your medical record and make certain decisions regarding the uses and disclosures of your health information.

Rather than ordering shared parental rights and responsibilities, a judge might decide to allocate parental right and responsibilities, which means he assigns each parent the right to make certain decisions, such as giving one parent the right determine where a child will go to school, while the other might decide the child's religious upbringing.

Hence, speculatively, perhaps certain proximal correlates of rearing in advantaged socioeconomic environments (e.g. more frequent and consistent exposure to supportive parenting practices and parent — child interactions; more frequent home and school exposures to adult modeling of adaptive decision - making) favorably influence — and in their absence, impede — the assembly and long - term functionality of brain systems supporting top - down or regulatory control functions that, in turn, bias individuals toward less impulsive decision - making (Hackman and Farah, 2009; Hackman et al.

«Lots of singles, lots of elderly, fewer kids — what this does really is free people in their location decisions to a certain extent if they're not bound by school and safety aspects,» says Armando Carbonell, chair of the department of planning and urban form at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.